"Boots follows 13 Reasons Why star Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope, a closeted teen who signs up to the marine corps after struggling to find a sense of purpose at home. While at boot camp, with his best friend Ray (newcomer Liam Oh), he learns that it's not just tough and gruelling, but homophobic too. The Netflix drama is set in 1990, when being gay in the US armed forces was still illegal."
"Wilson said: "Under President Trump and Secretary [Pete] Hegseth, the U.S. military is getting back to restoring the warrior ethos. Our standards across the board are elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn't care if you're a man, a woman, gay, or straight." The statement added that officials "will not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda, unlike Netflix whose leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children.""
"Defence secretary Hegseth prompted a national outcry after claiming the Trump administration aims to hold military service members to the "highest male standard." In August, trans military service members were dismissed from all US army services in August under an executive order signed by US president Donald Trump in January, claiming their identity was "incompatible with active duty." Wilson's comment comes amid right-wing calls to boycott Netflix over its LGBTQ-inclusion."
The Pentagon criticized Netflix for airing the queer military drama Boots, claiming the show advances an ideological agenda and calling it "woke garbage." Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said the military will not compromise standards and emphasized 'elite, uniform, and sex neutral' standards. Boots follows Miles Heizer as a closeted teen who joins the Marine Corps and faces homophobia in 1990, when gay service was illegal. The US repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell in 2011. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's comments about a 'highest male standard' and moves to dismiss trans service members have intensified political backlash and calls to boycott Netflix.
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